Muskingum County, Ohio - Chapter 45, 1892 (part 29 of 31)

Charles Sturtz, his son, and the father of John P. , was born, February 19, 1813, on his father's farm in Washington township, and received but little education in the old log schools of that time, He attended school, in all, about three months, learning to read and write, and learned the usual woi-k of a farmer boy, becoming very handy with a rifle. He shot his first deer when but seven years of age. In 1833, at the age of twenty-one years, he married Rachel Bainter, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Shroyer) Bainter, and was one of six chil- dren: Mary, Jacob and John (twins), Catherine and Rachel (twins), and Adam C. Philip Shroyer, grandfather of Mrs. Sturtz, was the first of the family to come here, and cleared the land now owned by his grandson, P. C. Schroyer. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sturtz were born ten children: Elizabeth L. (married and deceased); Margaret (died at the age of twenty-two years); Adam C., Susan C., Jacob L. , John P., Mary M. (died at the age of twenty-two years) ; Charles N. (drowned ir. the Muskingum river in 1873, at the age of twenty-one years); Rachel A. (died at the age of eight years); Josiah (died an infant). After his marriage Mr. Sturtz bought the land upon which he now resides, and where he has lived many years. He was very successful in farming, and bought a sawmill on Symms creek. This mill he operated until 1850, when he built a new one, and also had a store for three years, from 1847 to 1850, in Coshocton county. He was a very prosperous farmer, and now owns 320 acres of wellimproved land. He is a prominent member of the Lutheran church, of Adamsville, and has been a church trustee. In politics he is a democrat and a charter member of Hubbard lodge No. 220, of A. F. & A. M. He was a strong Union man during the war, and had two sons in that war. Mr. Sturtz owns land in Salem township, the original deed for which was signed by Gen. Andrew Jackson. His two sous who served in the war were Adam C. and Jacob, both in the One Hundred and Sixty-second regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. Air. Sturtz is now eighty years of age, hale and hearty, and respected by all. John P. Sturtz, his son, was born April 11, 1845, received a common-school education, and took up farming. June 10, 1869, he married Louisa C. Aloser, the daughter of George A. and Anna (Hahn) Aloser. After their marriage they settled in Adamsville, followed farming and teaming for a time, when Mr. Sturtz sold out and moved on a farm in Adams township, lived there one year when he moved to Hayworth farm, where he lived fourteen years. On this farm he erected a good house and barn in 1877 and 1878. In 1890 he moved to Adamsville, where he had opened a hardware store in 1889 in company with J. A. Snoots. This was the first hardware store in Adamsville, and they built up a good trade. In 1892 Mr. Sturtz retired and the business is now conducted by Ferrell Bros. In 1890, in connection with his other business, Mr. Sturtz opened a hotel in Adamsville, which has been very successful. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran church, of which he has been elder, deacon and Sunday school superintendent for many years. Like his father he is a stanch democrat, but not an office seeker. He has held the office of township trustee. To Air. and Airs.

Sturtz have been born three children: Annie E. (born March 12, 1870), Clark N. (born July 31, 1876), and Roland J. H. (born September 8, 1883). Annie E. married September 30, 1890, Elbert S. Ferrell, a hardware merchant of Adamsville, and they have one child. Daniel Aloser, grandfather of Mrs. Sturtz, was born in Zweybreaker, Bavaria, and received a good education in German, later learning the pottery business. He was a well-to do potter in Bavaria, and gave all his children good educations, his sons, as was the custom in Germany, following the trade of their father. He married, in Bavaria, Catherine Wenderling, and to them were born four children, who lived to maturity: Philip, Catherine, Louise and

George A., all born in Bavaria. In 1843 Daniel Moser came to America with his family, and settled on a farm in Adams township, now owned by John J. Klein. Himself and family were unaccustomed to farm work, and were compelled to pay to have the work done until they gradually became farmers. They were members of the Lutheran church, and Daniel lived to be sixtythree years of age, dying in 1843. His son, Philip Moser, worked at the pottery business in Zanesville for years. George A. Aloser, another son, and the father of Mrs. Sturtz, was born in 1816, in Bavaria, and received a good education, being able to speak French and German, and when he came to this country he also learned the English language. He was eighteen years of age when he came to America with his father, became a farmer and married Anna Hahn, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Boltenberrick) Hahn. Her father came from Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1834, and settled first in Pennsylvania, where he lived about a year and a half, and in 1835 came to this county and settled in Adams township near Wills creek. Here he became a prosperous farmer and lived to be about seventy-one years of age. He was one of the founders of the Lutheran church, and with his means helped to build the church, and held the principal offices. His widow is yet living at the age of eighty- seven years. After his marriage George A. Moser remained on the home farm. Later he removed to Boone, Iowa, and remained there one summer, but not liking the climate he returned to his old home. He then opened a grocery store in Zanesville and remained there two years, when he removed to Adamsville and engaged in the same business, was also postmaster, and held the office of township trustee. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran church, and he has held all the offices in the same, and having a good voice he was accustomed to lead the singing. He is a strong democrat in politics. Air. and Airs. Aloser are the parents of nine children: Louise C., Alary E. (deceased at thirty-one years of age, a widow at the time), John D. , Emma M., Ella C., Annie S., William G. (died an infant), Lourena A. and Charles A. (died at the age of twenty-three years). Mr. Moser gav6 all his children good educations, and Emma M. and Lourena A. are successful teachers, the latter having taught ten years in Adamsville. Mr. Moser died in 1874, at the age of fifty-eight years, his widow is yet living.

Mrs. Catherine Fleming Stump represents two of the oldest families in Muskingum county, Ohio - the Flemings and the Stumps. Leonard Stump, her husband's grandfather, came from Virginia to this section of the country about 1807. A more complete account of this sturdy old pioneer and his descendants is given in the sketch of Miss Mary E. Stump. His son, James, was but seven years of age when be came with his parents from West Virginia, in which state he was born in 1800 in Hardy county. He attended the common schools of Licking and Irville, and as he diligently applied himself to his books he obtained a practical education. Indians were very numerous when he was young, and there was plenty of wild game on all sides. He was first married to Miss Susan Randall of this county and their union resulted in the birth of one child that lived to grow to maturity - Leonard Stump. After the death of his first wife he was married to Miss Cynthia Rennick, of Pickaway county, which union resulted in the birth of four children: Lucinda, Rennick, William M., and

Cynthia. Mr. Stump settled in Licking township on the Newark road, one and one- half miles from Nashport, where he had erected him a home prior to his marriage, in 1823. This fine house, in which he spent all his days, is still standing. Surrounding it were 540 fertile acres of land which, during his lifetime were exceptionally well tilled and looked after. He was a Presbyterian in religious belief and lived to be eighty-seven years of age, his later years being spent in ease aud comfort. His character was truly Christian like and in his family he was the soul of kindness and generosity. He was a patron of education and gave all his children fair educational advantages and assisted them to a start when they took up the burden of life for themselves. William M. Stump, his, son and husband of the subject of this sketch, was born on the 22d of December, 1838, and was given a commonschool education. On the 4th of March, 1862, he was married to Miss Catherine Fleming, who was born March 24, 1842, daughter of John and Hannah (Carter) Fleming. [See sketch of Fleming family.] The father was the third son of Col. Nathan Fleming and was born at Irville, July 16, 1815, and after reaching manhood followed farming on the highlands of Licking township. He married the daughter of Salathiel Carter, of West

Catherine, James M., Charles W. and Alice V. Mr. Fleming lived to be seventy-one years of age and was a man of property, owning about 900 acres of land in Muskingum and Licking counties. He was a Methodist and had an honorable purpose in life. His wife died before him at the age of forty-eight. The Fleming family is one of the most noted and numerous in the United States and all its members have been honest, law-abiding citizens. To Mr. and Mi's. William M. Stump three children were born: Cora, Walter W. and Bertha. Walter married Eva George, is a farmer and has one child; Bertha is the wife of Thomas G. Fleming, son of Nathan Q. Fleming, and Cora is still at home. William M. Stump died on the 7th of May, 1868, at the age of twenty-nine years, leaving a young widow with three little children to care for. He was a successful business man and possessed in a marked degree those qualities which surmount all difficulties. He was a kind husband and father, and his loss has always been greatly deplored. He first settled on the farm whichis now occupied by his widow, then purchased a farm of his father-in-law on whicli he lived two years. He then resided on the Newark road opposite his father and managed the farm belonging to his father, until he wascalled from life. Since that time Mrs. Stump has always resided on the old Stump homestead and has a pleasant and comfortable home, which she built with her own means, having inherited property from her father. She has brought up her children wisely and well and all have received practical educations. She and her daughter Cora reside together and their home is the abode of culture, refinement and hospitality.

Miss Mary E. Stump, Nashport, Ohio. The Stumps are of German descent and are among the pioneers of Lincoln township, Muskingum county. Leonard Stump, the grandfather, was a Virginian, and was related to the family from which the noted rebel general, Stonewall Jackson, sprung. He was married in his uative state to Miss Phoebe Stump, and to their union were born eight children: John, born January 29, 1798; James, born April 1, 1800; Jackson, born February 11, 1802; Mary M., born February 16, 1804; Ruth, born February 17, 1806; William, bom October 16, 1808; Elizabeth, born January 9, 1811, and Phoebe, born September 11, 1814. Leonard Stump came to Ohio in 1808 and settled on some wild land one-half mile west of Nashport, where he resided for some time, after which he removed to Irville, where he spent the remainder of his days. He built him a substantial log house, and the huge stone chimneys with their capacious fireplaces are still standing. The house has just been torn down, and although built before 1808, the logs were still sound and were used in the erection of another building, to serve, perhaps, another three-quarters of a century. Mr. Stump was a wealthy man for those days, for he brought property with him from Virginia and became the owner of 8,000 acres of land in Muskingum county. He died on the 8th of October, 1847, having been born on the 12th of January, 1772. He came of good Virginia stock and possessed excellent business qualifications. William Stump, his son, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in the old log house near Irville, and was brought up to a farm life, with limited opportunity for acquiring an education. He inherited 270 acres of land from his father and was married to Miss Asenath Pierson, daughter of Daniel Pierson and Johannah (Stiles) Pierson, both of whom were from New Jersey and were descended from English ancestors. Daniel Pierson came to Ohio in 1819 and settled on the Frazeysburg and Zanesville road in Muskingum county, where he became possessed of a fair amount of worldly goods. To Mr. and Mrs. Stump were born three children that grew to maturity: Mary E., William and James S. Mr. Stump was a careful and thrifty farmer, and at his death was the owner of 311 acres of land. He was not a believer of secret organizations, but was of a very peaceable turn of mind and attended strictly to his own affairs. He was an honorable man in every sense of the term, and his word was considered as good as his bond. He was a strong democrat politically, but was not an active politician. He lived to the advanced age of eighty-two years, dying on the 1st of February, 1891 . His daughter, Miss Mary Stump, is now living on the old homestead and is successfully managing a farm of 140 acres. She is a capable and energetic woman, and has rapidly acquired a knowledge of business and the most successful way of managing her own affairs. The stone house in which she resides is now fifty-one years old and is a solid and substantial structure.

J. G. Stump is the owner of a fertile and wellkept farm of 581 acres in Muskingum county, Ohio, all of which is one tract comprising one of the most magnificent bodies of land in this section of the country. Besides this valuable property he owns landed interests in other counties and states and is the owner of a farm in Kansas, also one in Missouri. His residence in Madison township is a very handsome one, and he has the unbounded satisfaction of knowing that he owes his prosperity to his industry and economy. He was born in Licking township, Muskingum county, June 30, 1834, the third of four child ren reared by John R. and Rachel (Gorsuch) Stump, the former of whom was born in Hardy county, Va., January 12,

1798, to Leonard and Phoebe (Davis) Stump, who were also Virginians of German descent. The father of Leonard was John Stump, who married a Miss Brake; he died in early life and his widow married John Rager. They moved to Muskingum county in 1806, when the county was almost a wilderness, and here spent their declining years. Leonard Stump came to this county in 1804 and took up his residence on a farm in Licking township, about eleven miles from Zanesville, where he was called from life in 1846. He reared a family of eight children: John R. , James D., Mary, Jackson, Ruth, William, Elizabeth and Phoebe. Elizabeth is the only surviving member, her home being' in Putnam county, this state. The mother of these children died about 1832. John R. Stump came with his parents to this county and was here educated and afterward married; his union with Miss Gorsuch taking place in 1826, and eventually resulted in the birth of fourchildren : Margaret, who died in 1863; John, who died in 1861; J. G., the subject of this sketch, and Leonard N. , who has been living in Colorado for the past three years. He was county commissioner of this county from 1875 to 1878, also serving part of another term. He is married to Annie Lynn, by whom he has four children. J. G. Stump was educated in the schools near his home and was married in Licking township in 1 868 to Miss Sarah Van Voorhis, a daughter of Daniel and Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis, she being one of their seven children: John R., Victoria, Samuel F., Sarah A., Mary J., Fulton Z , and Henry C. Mrs. Stump was born in Licking township, this county, in 1843, and in her youth was given good educational advantages. She has borne her husband five children: Nellie, who was born in Licking township in 1869; Charles, who was born in Madison township in 1870, and died January 12, 1892; Daniel, who was born in Madison township in 1873; Mary, who was born in Madison township in 1876; and Jay, who was born in Dresden in 1877. All these children have been given excellent advantages and have attended high institutions of learning. They all still reside at home and are favorites in the social circles in which they move. Mr. Stump's eldest daughter is a member of the Presbyterian church, and politically he is a democrat, and is ever ready to fill all calls of public trust. He is a public spirited man and is interested in all movements which tend to build up the county. His Grandfather Stump was a first cousin of Andrew Jackson, and when boys they were reared together. His father was a second cousin of Stonewall Jackson. About 1740 or 1750 George Brake, the brother of Mr. Stump's great-grandmother, was stolen by the Indians in Hardy county, Va., when only four years of age, and was brought to this part of Ohio, where he was reared by them until he became a young man, when he managed to escape and return to his people.

Conrad J. Sunkel, an influential citizen and a substantial farmer, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1842, and his parents, William and Margaret (Hines) Sunkel, were natives, also, of Germany, both born in 1816. They emigrated to the United States in 1847, located in Zanesville, Ohio, and there they have resided ever since. The father is a retired farmer. They reared live sons, Conrad J. being second in order of birth, and three are now living. Conrad J. Sunkel was reared in Muskingum county, and there resided until 1879, when he moved to Morgan county, Ohio, where he made his home until 1884. He then returned to the former county, where he has since resided. He was married in 1804 to Miss Elizabeth Seybert, a native, also, of Germany, whose parents emigrated to this county at au early day, and are yet residents of the same. Mr. Seybert has always followed farming, and has been unusually successful. Mr. Sunkel and wife are the parents of an interesting family of six sons and one daughter. Mr. Sunkel has held the office of township trustee several terms, also various other offices of the township, and is now one of the directors of the county infirmary. He is the owner of 152 acres of land five miles west of Zanesville, and resides on a farm one and a half miles from that city. He has always affiliated with the democratic party, and cast his first presidential vote for George B. McClellan. He and Mrs. Sunkel are members of the German Evangelical church, and he has held membership in the same as far back as he can remember. He has been successful, is one of the substantial men of the township and is well respected.

Rev. S. H. Swingle, Brush Creek, Ohio. George Swingle Sr., probably the founder of his name in this country, and a respected and honored pioneer, was born at Saarbruch, Oberlinksweiler, district of Otweiler, province of Nassau, Germany, on July 25, 1755. Of his ancestors there is no record extant. On July 2, 1776, he enlisted in the army of Louis XYI. , of France. His discharge from that king's service is preserved, and is an interesting document to his descendants, a liberal translation of which, from the French, is as follows: "We, the undersigned, certify to all whom it will concern, to have granted unconditional discharge to one George Schwingel, soldier of Company La Gace, Regiment Nassau. Said Schwingel is twenty-six years old, size five feet ten and a half inches, hair and whiskers brown, eyes grey, face long, Lutheran by religion, shoemaker by trade. Said Schwingel has very faithfully served in the said regiment from July 2, 1776, to this date.

Given in Metz, 10th day of September, 1784. " This was signed by the officers of the regiment. On the back of this document appears a memorandum stating that he had beeu paid in linen and shoes, in all to a sum the equivalent of a little more than 15 livres. Subsequent to his discharge he emigrated to America, settled in what is now Adams county, Penn., where is supposed to have occurred his marriage with Miss Mary Magdalene Deitrick. Ten children were born to them as follows: Phceba, born March 4, 1788; Nicholas, born February 15, 1789; George Jr. , born September 11, 1790; Jacob, born September 10, 1792; William, born September 6, 1793; Margaret, born August 8, 1795; Elizabeth, born October 7, 1796; John, born August 16, 1798; Polly, born November 8, 1802, and Samuel, born January 14, 1804. In 1811 the family immigrated to Muskingum county, Ohio, in wagons, in which were stored their worldly effects. Two years previous to this, however, Nicholas and George (sons) came on a prospecting tour to this county and selected the southeast quarter of section 27 of what is now Brush Creek township. When the family made the journey Mrs. Swingle rode a horse most of the way from Pennsylvania and carried her youngest son, Samuel, who was then seven years of age, most of the distance. Upon arriving they erected a log cabin, and soon set to work to clear their land, which was heavily timbered. Mr. Swingle and his sons erected a sawmill on Brush creek, one of the first mills built in this vicinity, and to him belongs the honor of naming the township at its organization. George Swingle Sr., was a keen observer and a well-informed man, his range of reading covering many topics with which he was conversant. He was a good citizen, became prosperous, and was respected by all who knew him. At the age of eighty years he was so well preserved that he could, without the aid of glasses, make the finest shoes. The whole family were members of the Liitheran church, and of his ten children all became prominent citizens of their adopted county save two, viz. : Nicholas, who settled in Morgan county, Ohio, and Elizabeth, who moved to Clark county, 111. All the children led lives of usefulness and reared families that reflect honor and credit on their worthy and esteemed progenitors. George Swingle Sr. died in 1844, and his wife departed this life in 1848, at the age of eightysix years. George Swingle Jr. was married to Miss Mary M. Martin, the ceremony taking place about 1824. He located in the township, and in addition to farming operated a salt well for a number of years, which, in the end, proved disastrous to him financially. He was an enterprising and intelligent man, and was held in high esteem for his many excellent qualities of character. To his mar-

Mary, wife of Solomon Dozer, this county; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Mason, this county, Clarissa, wife of Jacob Elsou, this county; Franklin, Hicksville, Ohio; George W., this county; David, a member of the Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer infantry, and died in hospital, and Fanny, married Jacob Stainbrook, Seneca county, Ohio. George Swingle Jr. died on February 16, 1865, at the age of seventy-four. Mrs. Swingle was born November 24, 1803, and died May 17, 1877. Mr. Swingle was a whig, but subsequently a republican in politics, and was well informed on the affairs of the day. His eldest son, Rev. Solomon H. Swingle, was born on the old home of the Swingle family, Brush Creek township, August 28, 1825. His boyhood was passed on the farm and in the public schools he obtained the rudiments of his education, fitting himself to teach, which profession he followed two terms. In 1849 he went to Columbus, entered the Capital university, and taking the full course, graduated in 1854. The following winter he taught a select school in Roseville, Ohio, for a term of six months. On April 29, 1855, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John Baughman, an old settler, of whom mention is made in this volume. Mr. Swingle was ordained a minister in the English Evangelical Lutheran church, in Zion church, near New Cumberland, Ohio. He had been licensed to preach previously, and installed in a charge. In this charge he served a number of congregations until 1865, when he received a call to Brandenville, W. Va. , then a mission field, which was accepted, serving four regular congregations until 1869. He was then called to New Lebanon, Penn., where he ministered to three regular congregations until 1874, during two years of which time he conducted the academy of that place. In 1874 he received a call from Prospect, Penn., which he accepted, and ministered to four regular congregations until 1879, at which time he returned to his old home to recuperate and visit friends and relatives. Here he has since resided. In the spring of 1882 he embarked in general merchandising at Stovertown, and was commissioned postmaster at the same time. He conducted his business for eight years, and then sold out. A throat affliction compelled Mr. Swingle to give up ministerial work as a regular preacher, but he performs in an irregular fashion such duties as come in his way. To Mr. and Mrs. Swingle have been born eight children : Emma H. , wife of Rev. H. K. Geblnirt, of the Lutheran church, who has two children - Corinne and Helen; Sarah M. ; William M. , Ph. D., principal of the Greensburg, Penn., seminary; Henry R. ; Charles M. ; James W. ; Lucy V. and Ida M. During the late war Mr. Swingle took decided ground on the

G. W. Swingle, who is one of the well-known and much respected citizens of Newton township, Muskingum county, Ohio, was born in Brush Creek township, on the farm where Christopher Swingle now resides, August 28, 1833. He is a son of George Swingle and the grandson of George Swingle Sr. [See sketch.] G. W. Swingle was reared to the arduous duties of the farm and supplemented a good practical education received in the common schools by a course in the academy at Cumberland, W. Va., and at Fultonham, Ohio. After this he taught school forten years, a part of the time in Illinois, and the balance of the time in the schools of Muskingum county, winning an enviable reputation as an educator. In 1863 he enlisted in the Ohio National guards, but was not called into service. He was married in 1860 to Miss Martha A., daughter of George Baughman [see sketch], and subsequently located in Brush Creek township, where he made his home until 1864. From there he moved to Newton, but shortly afterward returned to Brush Creek township and there resided until 1888, when he purchased his present farm, consisting of ninety acres of land. This farm is one of the best in the township, and Mr. Swingle is a man of advanced ideas and progressive principles, who thoroughly understands every thing pertaining to agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Swingle are the parents of the following children: Luther W. (died at the age of ten years), Edward Sherman, (a high-school graduate and a teacher), Rosy C., Mary E., Augustus B. and Minnie. Mr. and Mrs. Swingle are members of the Lutheran church, with which they have been connected since childhood. They take a decided interest in all good work, and are well respected in the neighborhood. Politically Mr. Swingle affiliates with the republican party.

William Swingle was the fifth child and fourth son of George Swingle, and was eighteen years of age when the family settled in the wilds of Muskingum county. He was married March 28, 1820, to Susanna, daughter of Henry and Dorothea (Houpt) Pletcher, soon after which he settled in Morgan county and a short time later purchased 160 acres of land, which now comprises the homestead farm of his son, B. F. Swingle. This line farm he made a permanent home, and after putting it in a high state of cultivation and otherwise greatly improving it, he resided on it until his death. He was a successful farmer and accumulated a handsome property which he bequeathed to his children at his death. His union resulted in the birth of six sons and three daughters: Helena, born May 3, 1822, and died September 6, 1842; was the wife of Isaac Cohagau; Diana, born Sep- tember 23, 1823, and died October 17, 1865; was the wife of William Deitrick; Solomon T. was born July 15, 1825; Susannah A. was born December 8, 1829, and is the wife of Solomon S. Baughman; Henry G. was born October 8, 1831; William W. was born October 19, 1833; David F. was born July 24, 1836, and died in infancy; Benjamin F. was born December 2, 1838, and Isaac was born December 3, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Swingle were members of the Lutheran church, and were active in religious movements. Mr. Swingle was at first a whig in politics, but afterward became a republican. He was called from life March 14, 1876, but his widow yet survives him and has reached the advanced age of ninety years.

B. F. Swingle, their son, was their seventh child in order of birth, and was born on the farm where he now resides. He fitted himself for a teacher in the public schools of his native county, his first term being taught at the age of seventeen years. He continued to follow this calling for about fifteen years, and acquired the reputation of a successful educator and a fine disciplinarian. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Adam and Catherine (Stover) Baughman January 6, 1860, and settled on the old homestead of which he is now the owner. He and his wife are the parents of the following children; Rosetta, wife of R. R. Weaver; Ida C., wife of Stephen Gibson; Warren F., married Lizzie France; Roxana C., Edwin M. , Alta E., Nellie N. and Albert E. The mother of these children was born in this county June 17, 1841. Their home farm comprises 225 acres of fine land, which is well improved, and in a fine state of cultivation. Since 1874 he has been interested in the Grange movement, and has taken considerable interest in the work, and for two years was state lecturer Ohio State grange. During these years he visited nearly fifty counties, organized many lodges, and lectured on topics pertaining to the work of the order. At present he is district deputy. He is a well-preserved man, is well read upon the general topics of the day, and takes an active and leading part upon all questions pertaining to the public good. He was nominated for congress in his district in 1890, but declined to accept the honor, owing to his lecture work in the Ohio State grange at the time. In 1862 he was commissioned second lieutenant by Gov. David Tod, of a company of Ohio Home guards, the commission constituting him a recruiting officer.

Solomon L. Swingle is the third child and eldest son of William Swingle, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Solomon's early life was passed in assisting on the farm and in attending the common schools, where he fitted himself for a teacher. He taught very successfully for eighteen consecutive years and acquired a good reputation as an educator. His first school of three mouths he taught for $45 and boarded himself. On August 28, 1856, he married Miss Lucy R., daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Deitrick) Gibson. After his marriage Mr. Swingle settled upon the old homestead of his grandfather and there he has resided until the present time. He has prospered in business affairs and is one of the well to-do citizens of Muskingum county. To him and his estimable wife have been born eight children, the two eldest dying in infancy, unnamed. Rosa Florence, born July 23, 1860, wife of Charles A. Fye of Zanesville; Emma J. , born October 4, 1863; Willie Sherman, born November 20, 1864, and died February 26, 1865; Francis E., born January 16, 1866, is a graduate of Zanesville High school and has been a student at Theil college, Greenville, Penn., where he is taking a scientific course; Lewis H., born September 19, 1868, who fitted himself to teach in the common schools and is now following that profession; and Norah' Ellen, born October 19, 1870. All the children are well educated and his daughters have good musical educations, being quite proficient in the art. Politically Mr. Swingle has not been a seeker after the honors of office, preferring rather to attend to his own business affairs, but he affiliates with the republican party. He and wife and children are acceptable and useful members of the Lutheran church, and all take a decided interest in good work.

Henry G. Swingle, one of the substantial farmers of Roseville, Muskingum couuty, Ohio, is the second son of William Swingle and the grandson of George Swingle. He was born on the homestead of his father, which is now the property of B. F. Swingle, October 8, 1831, and became familiar with the duties of the farm at an early age. He received a fair education in the common schools, fitted himself for teaching, and for ten years followed that profession in the schools of Muskingum county, five years of which time in one district. He was a successful educator, and there are documents yet extant that attest his success as an instructor. He remained with his father until twenty-four years of age, at which time heselected a wife in the person of Miss Lydia A. Baughman, daughter of Joseph Baughman, their nuptials being celebrated March 25, 1855. A short time afterward Mr. Swingle bought 196 acres of land in Clay township, then partly improved, and on this place he has since resided. Mrs. Swingle was born on January 23, 1833, and died on March 6, 1873. Nine children were born to this union: Cecelia A., Laura I., Lyman C., Charles S., Eldora N., Caroline A., Mary S., Jennie E. and Lizzie H. Lyman C. and Eldora N. became teach- ers in the county and all the children are well educated. Charles S. holds a certificate though he has not taught. Mr. Swingle's second wife was formerly Miss Martha E. Deitrick, daughter of Jacob Deitrick [see sketch], and the ceremony was performed October 14, 1874. Mr. Swingle has held the office of trustee repeatedly, and is a man of good executive ability. He is the owner of 300 acres of land and has it all well improved. He has been liberal in providing for his children and started them out in life when they began making homes for themselves. He has been eminently successful and is one of Muskingum county's wealthy and progressive citizens. He has been a member of the Lutheran church from his boyhood and is one of its liberal supporters. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles of the republican party. He has a large, roomy house, and his barns and outbuildings are good and substantial. Mr. Swingle is a well-informed man, and keeps well posted on the current events of the day. His wife and children are also members of the Lutheran church.

I. C. Swingle is the youngest son of William Swingle and grandson of George Swingle, the latter being the founder of the family in Muskingum county. I. C. Swingle was born on the William Swingle homestead, now owned by B. F. Swingle, December 3, 1841, and his boyhood was devoted to tilling the soil and to attending the district schools, where he obtained a sufficient knowledge of the "world of books" to fit him to teach. He entered the schoolroom as instructor at the age of twenty, and with the exception of three terms, he has since wielded the ferule - a period of twenty-seven years. He has always been employed in his native county, and nine terms were taught in one district, which fact speaks eloquently as to his efficiency. His services are often sought by school officers, and it may with truth be said that he has never disappointed them. In August, 1803, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer infantry, Company K, and the following May, he with his regiment, was assigned to duty at the front in the Army of the Potomac, in General Pickett's brigade. At the expiration of his term of service he was honorably discharged and returned home. June 18, 1803, he was married to Miss Mary E. Williamson, who was born October 9, 1840, daughter of Marcus and Elizabeth (Waxier) Williamson, and after his return from the war Mr. Swingle settled on the place where he now resides. He successfully conducts a farm of 135 acres, in addition to teaching, and utterly refutes the old idea that one can not do two things well at once. He is a member of the Dan Brown post No. 380, of the G. A. R., of which he has been quartermaster since its

Jennie I., Edna G. , John H. , Frederick E. and Lillian. Politically Mr. Swingle is a republican, and is a member of the board of the Soldiers' Relief Commission, an organization that provides for the relief of indigent soldiers. He and his wife and eldest children are members of the Lutheran church. The last school which Mr. Swingle taught was in the same district in which Gen. James A. Garfield taught his first term of school. His son, William A., is a successful teacher. Marcus Williamson, the father of Mrs. Swingle, was born in Virginia, and was a son of John Williamson, who settled in Franklin county and afterward at Duncan's Falls, this county. He was a carpenter by trade. Marcus was married to the daughter of Michael and Martha (Ayers) Waxier, the latter being the daughter of Martha Ayers and a granddaughter of Jacob Ayers, of Welsh origin. Jacob Ayers came to Muskingum county, Ohio, before the Indians had been removed from the country, and one of his children was captured by the red men and held in bondage for several days. The child's name was Moses, and at the time of his capture, an adopted daughter by the name of Carpenter was also captured. The latter had been picking beans, and Moses Ayers, with his gun in hand had been sent along to guard, but boy-like he removed his gun lock, and while in this defenseless position, an Indian stole up behind him and made him a prisoner. Later both children made their escape. Michael Waxier died in 1867, aged about seventy years, his wife's death having occurred in 1855.

William C. Tanner is one of the most substantial and thoroughgoing farmers of Muskingum county, Ohio, and was born on the farm where he now resides August 29, 1816, son of Edward and Sarah (Brown) Tanner, the former of whom was born in Virginia of English parents, and when about fifteen years of age was captured by the Indians and taken to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where he was kept for three and a half years. At the end of this time he was purchased by the government and returned to his home in Virginia. He learned the Indian language while in captivity, and became thoroughly familiar with Indian customs and traditions. He was married in Virginia, and emigrated from that state to Ohio in an early day, coming down the river on a keelboat. After residing for one year near Coshocton, they settled on the farm on which William C. Tanner is now residing, but at that time the land was heavily covered with timber, and the country around was a wilderness. Before leaving Virginia he had purchased land warrants sufficient to buy 500 acres of land, and at the time of his death in 1831, he had a magnificent farm, well improved. He lies buried on his farm. Indians and wild game were very plentiful at the time of his settlement, but there were only two or three houses between his home and Zanesville, and it was five miles to the nearest neighbors. He was compelled to go to Coshocton to mill and to do his trading, and, in fact, had to undergo all the hardships incident to the life of the early pioneer. His wife was born in Virginia, and proved a true help-mate to him in his struggles to obtain a home. She died in 1855, after having borne a family of five sons and five daughters. She was of Irish descent. William C. Tanner is their youngest child, and the only one now living, so far as known. He has always resided in this county, on the farm which he now owns and which was settled by his father. He was educated in the old-time subscription schools of his day, and in the wintertime was compelled to walk three miles to a log school house. March 19, 1840, he was married to Miss Eliza Cooke, of this county, and their married life has extended over fifty-one years of their lives, and has resulted in the birth of two sons and six daughters: John

W. (deceased), Sarah, Harriet, wife of George Kreiger; Fannie, wife of Henry Fleming; Clarissa, wife of Dr. Frederick Vigor; and Charles, who died in Colorado in 1881, and two daughters, Ida F. and Theba A., who died when young. Mr. Tanner inherited the warlike spirit of his paternal grandfather, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and when the Rebellion came up he espoused the Union cause, and in 1862 enlisted in Company G, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer infantry', of which company he was chosen captain. After remaining in the service for about six months, he was compelled to resign his commission on account of disease contracted while in the service, and returned to his home. He was a participant in the engagements at Perrysville, Stone River, La Grange, and Crab Orchard, in all of which he acquitted himself creditably. He has a splendid stock and grain farm of 167 acres, about six miles from the county seat, located on Licking river, and through this farm the Baltimore & Ohio railroad runs. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church, politically he is a republican, his first presidential vote being cast for William H. Harrison, at which time he was a whig. He is a man of liberal views, is well posted on general topics of interest, and has always taken a deep interest in educational matters, and was one of the first men in the county to give his children collegiate educations. Nearly all his children have taught school and his daughters are well versed in music.

William T. Tanner, a substantial farmer residing near Zanesville, Ohio, was born in Coshocton county, of this state, in 1812. He is the son of

James and Nancy (Taylor) Tanner, the former of whom was a Virginian and emigrated to Ohio in an early day, dying in this state when the subject of this sketch was an infant. William T. Tanner was left motherless at the age of eight years, but continued to make his home in Coshocton county until he was twenty-three years of age. After the death of his mother he lived with his uncle, William Taylor, who had quite a large family, and whose house was a one-roomed cabin with loft overhead, which was reached by a ladder set up in one corner of the room. Here the boys slept on beds made on the floor. Sometimes when very cold, they slept under the beds next the floor. When fourteen years old, being tired of the hard life at his uncle's he ran away to other friends, wading the Muskingum river through slush ice in November. He has been doin^ for himself since he was about fourteen years of age and throughout life has devoted his attention to farming. In 1835 he came to Muskingum county and was here married the following year to Miss Phoebe Stump, who was born in this county, but he was called upon to mourn her death in 1881, she having borne him three sons and five daughters, two sons and four daughters now living: James E., Mary L. (wife of Mr. A. C. Springer), Oscar W., Rachel A. (wife of John W. Marshall), Margaret E. (wife of William T. Mapel) andMalinda (wife of W. S. Drake, M. D.). In 1848 Mr. Tanner had purchased the farm of 300 acres which he now owns, which is situated about five miles west of Zanesville. Here he began raising and dealing in stock on quite an extensive scale, but of late years has not given so much attention to this business as formerly. Mr. Tanner is one of those men to whom the term "self-made" is decidedly applicable, for he started for himself single handed, but by industry and economy he has succeeded in securing for himself and family a comfortable and pleasant home. He has always been a law-abiding and progressive citizen, and has been one of the leaders in improving the section in which he resides. He has made his farm, which was very little improved when he purchased it, one of the most fertile and finest places in the county. He has held various offices of trust and for seven years he was one of the county commissioners, was director of the county infirmary six years and has held minor offices in his township. His first presidential vote was cast for Martin Van Buren in 1836 and he has always been a democrat in politics When he was about twenty-two years of age he and another young man raised a crop of corn for which he received about the first money he ever owned, and as he kept his corn until the following spring he received a good price for it which gave him a little start in life. Although he always had to work hard for what he had he has been liberal in the use of his means in worthy causes, and is a useful and valued citizen. He has lost over $3, 000 in going other people's security and by trusting to their honesty and his generosity and honesty have manifested themselves in various other ways.

Alfred Taylor, farmer, Norwich, Ohio, was born in Hampshire county, England, January 2, 1814, and was the second child born to George and Elizabeth (Tragust) Taylor, natives also of that county. The grandparents were Thomas and Lidia (Mainard) Taylor, and they were also of English nativity. George Taylor emigrated to this country in 1835, and ten weeks after starting, landed in Zanesville. He purchased a farm in Union township and the following year located on it. There he and wife received their final summons on the same day. His children were all born in England and were principally reared there. They were named as follows: Henry (who came to this county about two years before the rest of the family, and is now residing in Washington township, this county), Alfred (subject), Elizabeth (sixty years old, died within five days of her father, ninety-two years old, and mother, ninety years old, and all are buried at the Norwich graveyard), Ann (deceased) and Thomas (residing in Norwich.) The members of this family all belonged to the Church of England. The father was at one time a whig but later became a democrat. He was a carpenter by trade, but after coming to this country he engaged in agricultural pursuits which he carried on the remainder of his days. Alfred Taylor remained under the parental roof until nineteen years of age and was married to Miss Eliza Ray, a native of Hampshire county, England, born in April, 1812, and the daughter of Henry Ray. The latter emigrated with his family to this county after Alfred Taylor and wife had settled in Union township, and there they both died. He was a farmer. Mrs. Taylor was one of three children, George and William, and all are now deceased. Our subject was married before leaving England and one child, Alfred H. , was born in that country. He is living in Union township at the present time and is engaged in farming. Four children were born in Muskingum county, Ohio: George (residing in Perry township), Thomas (also in Perry township), Isabel (the wife of Mr. G. Richie, resides in the West) and Courtney H. (who is living on the home place in Union township). Mr. Taylor lost his first wife in 1871. His second wife, Miss Elizabeth Herron, was born in Rich Hill township, Muskingum county, in 1819, and died December 31, 1891. She was one of eight children reared by William and Elizabeth (Crow) Herron. Her father was a native of Ireland, where lie first married and reared a family, and later he came to the United States and settled in Rich Hill township, where his wife died. He then married the mother of Mrs. Taylor and eight children were the fruits of this union: Elizabeth, Mary, Andrew, James, Martha, Christopher, Samuel and Sarah. Only two are now living, Martha and Sarah, the former a resident of Indiana. Mrs. Taylor's father followed farming in Rich Hill township and carried this on successfully until his death when ninety- one years of age, about 1857. His wife died the following year. Mrs. Taylor was a worthy member of the M. E. church. Mr. Taylor's sons are all living in this county, and are public-spirited citizens. Mr. Taylor was apprenticed to a butcher in Sussex county, for a term of three years and at seventeen years of age received his diploma. He then engaged in business for himself, until coming to America. He sailed from Portsmouth to New York, with his wife and child, in the ship "Louesa," under Captain Wood and had a very rough voyage. His brother, Henry, met them at New York, to pilot them through to Zanesville. From New York to Troy they were on a towboat; from Troy to Buffalo on a canal boat; from Buffalo to Cleveland on the "Daniel Webster," and on their way they met a boat in distress and towed her to Detroit, which delayed them two days and two nights. After a very rough lake voyage they finally landed Saturday, near midnight, strangers in a strange land. No friendly police came to their assistance and rats and frogs were their companions until morning. Sunday morning they took a canal boat from Cleveland to Dresden, and from Dresden to Zanesville were on Captain Rene's steamer. Coming to Union township, they lived in a cabin with a puncheon floor, and as he saved money he put it in a pewter can under this floor. Later Mr. Taylor bought a farm, paying for it with the money he saved in this can, which contained all nations of specie. He attributes his success to honesty. A great many drovers passed through his place generally stoping on their way and at one time he accommodated ten drovers and a boy with 1,500 head of hogs from Saturday until Monday. He always found these people honorable and peaceable while at his home. When Mr. Taylor landed in Zanesville, Ohio, with his wife and child, he had but $30 in money. He is a butcher by trade and worked at Belknap stillhouse through the summer season and in the winter season at his trade, for which he received $1 per day. He also -worked on a farm until he got a start and in 183(5 began assisting on the homo place. About 1842 he rented a farm from his father and in connection with tilling the soil, worked at butchering. He served a number of years as a volunteer in the Concord Blues and attended camp muster at Zanesville and Taylor - ville. Mr. Taylor lias accumulated a good property by his industry and good management and is one of the county's most esteemed citizens. He first bought sixty acres, then eighty, afterward sixty acres more, then eighty again, and then 160 acres. He owned in this county about 500 acres of laud and gave his children all a good start in the world. He contributes liberally to churches, schools, etc. and "honesty" has been his watchword through life.

Among the pioneers of Muskingum county, Ohio, appears the name of Henry Taylor who located in this county at an early day. He was born in Hampshire, England, in 1811, and came to America in 1832, settling in Muskingum county, where he has since lived. He resided in Zanesville two years, in Union township eight years, in Falls township two years, again in Union township, seven years, in Perry township twenty-one years, in Salt Creek and Wayne townships fourteen years, and for the last six years has lived in Wayne township near Zanesville. When he first came to this state it was a comparative wilderness and entirely destitute of the luxuries of modern times. Buggies were almost unheard of and the settler made his trips either on foot or in ox or horse wagons. Mr. Taylor's parents, George and Elizabeth (Triges) Taylor, were natives of England, and the father was a carpenter, son of Thomas Taylor. Two years after Mr. Taylor came his father and mother came and lived in Union township until their death in January, 1878. They were the parents of five children, all of whom came to America: Henry, Alfred, Thomas, Ann and Elizabeth. Ann married H. Curll and died a number of years ago. Elizabeth is also deceased. Henry Taylor was married in 1840 to Miss Jane H. Caw, who bore him nine children, one of whom died in infancy. James was killed at Champion's Hill, Miss. He was a member of the Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry, and was not yet seventeen years of age; Eliza is the wife of R. J. Hogan; Mary married W. A. Yernon and resides in Iowa; Charles C. , married and living in Washington; Annie, wife of T. H. Allan; Cornelia, wife of Albert Huff ; A. A. married Barbara Sutter, and lives in Salt Creek; Jennie, single, resides at home. In 1836 Mr. Taylor joined a company of cavalry composed of citizens of the county. At this time he was not a citizen of the United States. He was elected first lieutenant of his company after two years, and filled that position for five years, when his term of enlistment expired. The company had to furnish their own horses, clothing and provisions, the government furnishing a saber and a brace of pistols. Mr. Taylor's first presidential vote was cast in 1840 for W. H. Harrison. In 1886 he joined the historical society of this county and is at present one of its trustees. He is an honorable, upright citizen and is respected and esteemed by all.

Allan A. Taylor, a progressive citizen of Muskingum county, Ohio, was born here October 5, 1858, to Henry and Jane Taylor, the former of whom was born in Hampshire, England, where he was reared and educated, coming to America at the age of twenty-one years. The subject of this sketch was twenty- one years of age when he started out in life for himself, but prior to this had taught three terms of school, having had excellent advantages which he improved to the utmost, being for some time an attendant of Muskingum college at Concord. He was next to the youngest of his parents' family of nine children. After attaining his majority he embarked in the mercantile business, which he continued for two years in partnership with his brother. He was married in 1879 to Miss Barbara A. Sutter, daughter of Bartley and Louise (Sandal) Sutter, the former of whom was born in Germany and came to America at the early age of twelve years, locating, in time, in Perry township of this county where he is now residing. Jacob Frederick Sutter, his father, crossed the ocean to Germany five times to attend to his property interests in that country. Of the four children born to Allan Taylor and his wife, the following are living: Norah E., Clarence L.

and Lily E. Louis E. is deceased. Mr. Taylor is the owner of a valuable farm of 204 acres, all of which is improved and one of the best farms in Salt Creek township. Besides keeping his land in excellent agricultural condition he gives considerable attention to the raising of stock of all kinds, in which business he is successful and prosperous. He inherits his father's sterling principles of honesty and integrity, and although he has an extended acquaintance he is respected wherever he is known. He is a republican politically, and in his religious belief his views are in accordance with the Lutheran church. His brother, James Taylor, enlisted in the Union army in 1861, at the age of fifteen years, and was killed at Champion's Hill in 1863. He enlisted from Perry township in Company F, Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry.

One of the finest and best equipped drug stores in this section is that conducted by Thomas G. Trembley, Frazeysburg, Ohio, who is a thoroughly practical and expert chemist and a gentleman well respected in business and social circles. He comes of one of the old pioneer families of Muskingum county, and is of French descent, his grandfather, Isaac S. Trembley's ancestors having been French Huguenots. When this family first came to the United States they settled in New Jersey at Tremble Point, of that state was named after this family. Isaac Trembley added the " y " to the name. His father, John Trembley, was one of three brothers who fought the British at the battle of Lexington. He was there taken prisoner, carried to England and made to work in the English shipyard where he remained until the close of the Revolutionary war, a period of about seven years. He was then brought back by the British and received from them $1 per day for the entire seven years. He married and settled in Newark, N. J., where his death occurred shortly afterward. He had but one son, Isaac S., grandfather of our subject. Isaac was born at Newark, N. J., December 18, 1788, served in the War of 1812, and was one of the famous minute men stationed on Governor' s Island, N. J. He came to Muskingum county, Ohio, in the fall 1814 and settled on a farm. He had married in Newark, N. J., and his wife died died there leaving him three children, one of whom remained in that city until 1839, when she came to Ohio. She was named for her mother, Ariann A. Yosaler. Mr. Trembley lived with his mother and two children, George and John, until his marriage to Lucy C. Shaffer, daughter of Jacob Shaffer, of Muskingum county. The Shaffer family was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Trembley were born Joseph, Nancy, Jacob, Isaac, Cynthia, Elizabeth, Downer, and one who died in infancy. Mr. Trembley settled in Muskingum county, cleared a tract of 200 acres, and resided on that, and near it, until his death in April, 1869. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and in politics was an old line whig. He was hard-working and industrious, strictly temperate and a strong abolitionist. He preached temperance when it was decidedly unpopular to do so, but he was firm in his convictions and pushed to a conclusion anything he undertook. It is said that he was connected with the " underground railroad." He voted the abolition ticket and was a warm friend of James G. Burney, the noted abolition leader, who ran for president on the abolition ticket. The Guthries, of Zanesville, noted abolitionists, were also his friends. Mr. Trembley took great interest in abolitionism when it was not only unpopular, but unsafe to do so. Dr. Joseph S. Trembley, his son, and father of our subject, was born April 29, 1819, on his father's farm in Muskingum county, and received a common school education. In connection with farming he also learned the carpenter's trade, which he carried on for some time. Later he studied medicine with Drs. Black and Pierce, of Frazeysburg and Dresden, and then attended medical college at Cleveland, Ohio, where he received his diploma in the winter of 1846. He began practicing in Frazeysburg that year. On the 29th of April, 1847, he wedded in this county, Miss Mary A. Goff, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Mart) Goff, the former of English descent. To Dr. and Mrs. Trombley were born five children : Mary (deceased), Thomas G., Isaac, Lucy C. , Rosa H. After marriage the Doctor settled at Adams Mills, Muskingum county, practiced medicine there for eleven years, and then went to Roscoe, Coshocton county, where he remained one year. From there he went to Keene of the same county, but eight years later he returned to Muskingum county and resumed practice in Frazeysburg where, in connection, he also carried on a drug store. He met with unusual success in his profession and during the fearful epidemic of diphtheria that ravaged the country during the Civil war, the Doctor kept two horses aud went night and day, thus saving many lives. Dr. Trembly was the only physician who could handle the disease in this part of the country, and he visited the poor as well as the rich, and thousands of dollars .due him were never collected. It was said of him that during his career as a physician that he never lost a patient in child-birth. Like his father, he was a strong temperance man, and from his childhood, never tasted alcoholic liquors, although it was an almost universal custom to use whisky in those days. He prescribed it as little as possible in his practice and would have disposed of it altogether if lie could have persuaded his patients to look upon it as he did. Dr. Trembley has been a church member for forty years and although brought up a Presbyterian lie joined the Methodist Episcopal church, there being no church of his faith near. He is now a member of the Presbyterian church, was class-leader for many years, and has been a trustee in the Presbyterian church since it was built in Frazeysburg. He contributed liberally of his means to build this church and is one of its most active workers. His wife is also a member of this church. In politics he was formerly an old line whig, but he now affiliates with the republican party. He has been justice of the peace four terms, and was postmaster at Frazeysburg for many years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a man universally respected and had the confidence and esteem of all. His son, Thomas G. Trembley, and the subject of this sketch, was born at Adams Mills, Muskingum county, Ohio, January 19, 1850, and received a good practical education in the common schools. He started out for himself as clerk for his father in the drug store in Frazeysburg and has continued this business ever since. He is highly esteemed by all his patrons for his courteous manners and strict integrity, and has been highly successful. He married Miss Elizabeth Holcomb, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Holcomb. Mr. Holcomb was a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Gallia county, an attorney of considerable prominence and a successful merchant. Mr. Trembley has been postmaster at Frazeysburg for four years, aud has greatly improved this office, using the modern system and putting in new and improved fixtures that would be consid- ered quite good for a much larger place. As postmaster he is very popular for his duties are discharged iu a very efficient and capable manner, and he stands deservedly high in the estimation of the people as a man of character and integrity. His official record is second to none. Mrs. Trernbley's grandfather, Samuel R. Holcomb, is a descendant of an old colonial family of English descent. He was a brigadier-general in the War of 1812. He was born on the Hudson river, N. Y. , and his scholastic advantages were good. When a young man he went to Virginia, settled in the Mercer bottoms, and was married in that state to Miss Sarah Ewing, daughter of John and Ann (Smith) Ewing, the former of an old Virginia family and an old Revolutionary soldier. When a youth Mr. Ewing was captured by the Indians and remained a captive in the old town of Chillicothe, Ohio, for two years. A young woman by the name of Kate Sea, was also captured. The Indians had stolen a Bible and at their request John Ewing read to them, the Indians objecting to Adam, saying that an Indian was the first man. John Ewing finally escaped with the young woman, and arrived home, where he subsequently became a prominent man and an extensive land owner. Samuel R. Holcomb and wife became the parents of ten children : Anselm T., John E., Stephen, Edward T. , Ann S., Taphena, Lura, Caliphurnia, Olive and Jeanette. Soon after marriage Mr. Holcomb moved to Ohio and settled where the town of Vinton now stands. He came with his wife and two eldest children, all on horseback and their effects on a pack horse. Mr. Holcomb was one of the first settlers of Gallia county, Ohio, and became one of the substantial farmers, owning over 400 acres of land and a fine brick house. He was sheriff for several years and served in the legislature two terms. In politics he was formerly an old line whig but afterward a republican. He was a strong abolitionist and was connected with the "underground railroad," his house being a station on the road. He was a prominent man in his day, was noted for his integrity of character, and is yet well remembered.

4, 1822. He received an academic education, read law, and in connection with his law practice taught school for a number of years. He was married February 23, 1847, to Mrs. Elizabeth (Mitchell) Morlan, widow of Jesse Morlan, daughter of John

5. and Mary (Lord) Mitchell. Jesse Morlan and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell were married in Columbiana county, Ohio, November 14, 1833. To this union were born two children: Mary M. and John M. Mary married E. Jordan, and lives at Marathon, Ohio; John married Ann Garrison, and lives at Dahlgren, 111. Jesse Morlan, the father of the above named children, died at Vinton, Ohio, Juue, 1844. John S. Mitchell was born in Yorkshire. England, March 7, 1792, received a good, practical education, and was there married, one daughter, Elizabeth, being the fruit of this union, her birth occurring on November 14, 1814. In 1817 Mr. Mr. Mitchell came to America with his family, and for several years resided in Philadelphia. He finally moved to Columbiana county, Ohio, settled on a farm, and there remained until 1839, when he moved to Gallia county, of that state. He remained there seven years, engaged in the mercantile business at Vinton, and then removed to Cincinnati, where he retired from active life, investing his money in securities, which brought him in big returns. He finally moved to Newport, Ky. , where he passed the remainder of his days. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he was an old line whig. He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Holcomb, June 6, 1874, when eighty-tbree years of age. His wife had died tbe year previous at tbe age of eigbty-two. Mr. Mitchell was a man of honorable business methods, and one highly esteemed. After marriage Edward T. Holcomb and wife settled at Vinton, Ohio, where he was a prosperous merchant. In 1863 he retired to his farm, where he still resides. In politics he is a republican, and has held tbe office of postmaster for twenty years. He bas also been township trustee. When the confederate general. John Morgan, made his famous raid, he passed through Vinton and sacked the town and burned the bridges. They robbed the stores of Mr. Holcomb and his brother, John E. Holcomb, and took what they wanted. They captured all the horses they could find, and one was a horse belonging to the venerable Samuel R. Holcomb. Socially Mr. Holcomb is a Mason, and both he and wife are members of the Universalist church. They were the parents of the following children: Victoria, Chauncey M. , Elizabeth and Walter. Chauncey M. is an attorney at Gallipolis and Walter is a farmer at Vinton. The Holcomb family is descended from old Revolutionary stock, which for generations have held liberal views. When Morgan made his raid, Chauncey M. Holcomb, then a lad of fourteen years, took a musket, and going to a hill near Vinton, shot at the first raiders who made their appearance, narrowly missing the head of one of them. He was immediately searched for but could not be found, for he had hidden himself in the attic of a house, the woman of the house denying any knowledge of him. Thomas Goff Sr., the father of Mrs. Dr. Trembley, and our subject's maternal grandfather was born at Ludlow, England, near the borders of Wales, February 18, 1794, and at the time of his death was seventy- four years of age. He removed with his parents to the United States wheD about three years of age, and resided for some time in eastern Pennsylvania, principally at Columbia, but was finally persuaded to leave and come to Ohio. In 1806 he came with his father's family to Zanesville and assisted in grubbing out the hazel brush on the spot where the courthouse now stands, and his father raised two crops there before the ground was secured by the authorities for the state house. Mr. Goff enlisted in the War of 1812, from Zanesville, just after Gen.' Hull surrendered, and served thirteen months. He was in the regiment with the famous Col. Croghan, and saw Tecumseh fall in the decisive battle of the Thames. He was married January 28, 1822, to Miss Mary (Martin) Putnam, who bore him seven children. He moved to Frazeysburg in April, 1838, when there were but three or four houses in the place, and there resided, respected and honored, until his death August 19, 1868. He was baptized in the Church of England, and confirmed a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church in the spring of 1860 at Dresden. He was a substantial farmer, and owned 320 acres of fiue farming land, on which was a commodious residence, an excellent barn, and substantial outbuildings, etc. He was a man who kept out of debt and left his property unencumbered. His widow was instantly killed in October, 1874, being struck by an engine while crossing the Pan Handle railroad at Frazeysburg. He was one of the oldest as well as one of the most respected citizens of the county; a soldier of the cross, a soldier of the War of 1812, and a warm supporter of the Union during the Civil war.

C. H. Trimble, farmer, Rural Dale, Ohio. C. H. Trimble's father, John Trimble, was a native of Chester county, Penn., born May, 8, 1785, and in his younger days followed the trade of a stone mason, although in later years he devoted his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. He was married on November 24, 1814 to Miss Lydia Harlan, also a native of Chester county, Penn., born October 29, 1789, and their union was blessed by the birth of nine children, who are named in the order of their births as follows: Elisha I.,

James, Caleb Harlan (subject) Mary, Edward, Isaac, Willis D. J., John D., and Phoebe H. Of these James, C. H., Mary and Phoebe are living in Muskingum county, Ohio, Edward resides in Morgan county, and the others are deceased. In 1818 John Trimble removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, and settled on a farm now owned by his son C. H., near Rural Dale. This tract, consisting of 160 acres, together with another tract of 160 acres he purchased from the government, was in the very heart of the wilderness and not a foot had been cleared. His first work was to clear a small place and erect a log cabin 16x20 feet, with a roof of clapboards fastened down with poles. The fireplace at one end was built without jambs in order to take firelogs of great length, and the one room of the cabin served as kitchen, bedroom and parlor. In that house the family lived until our subject was about six or seven years of age when a house of hewed logs was built. About five or six years later a brick house was built and this, which is still standing, was the second brick house in the township. As might be supposed, at the time of John Trimble's settlement here there were very few settlers and only one house on the present site of the town of Rural Dale. About 1822 a log schoolhouse was built on the farm of Jesse Johns, who was the first teacher, and this was probably the second schoolhouse in the township. The first church in the neighborhood was built by the Society of Friends in 1821 or 1822. Mr. Trimble and wife were members of the Society of Friends and though for many years there was no church, he and his wife remained steadfast in their faith all their lives. He received his final summons on January 21, 1854, and she followed him to the grave on June 16, 1872. Mr. Trimble advocated the principles of the Whig party and represented his county in the legislature two terms, 1846 and 1848. He was prominent in the affairs of the township and was almost continually in some of the various township offices. His son, C. H. , the immediate subject of this sketch, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, within a mile of Rural Dale, in 1819, and was educated in the schools of his neighborhood, attending irregularly until the age of nineteen years. He then began tilling the soil and this has been his chosen occupation since. On Christmas day, 1842, he led to the altar Miss Emma Taylor, a native of Harrison county, Ohio, born March 3, 1823, and the daughter of William and Sarah Taylor, pioneers of Ohio, they having removed to that state about 1833. Mrs. Trimble was one of a family of twelve children and is the only one now residing in Blue Rock township. To Mr. and Mrs. Trimble were born eight children, three of whom are now living: Washington,

Sarah, and Ada. Washington resides in Michigan; Sarah became the wife of Everett Pierpont and resides in Harrisburg, Penn. ; and Ada is the wife of Edward Morrison and resides on our subject's farm near Rural Dale. Although not a politician Mr. Trimble is a stanch republican and firmly adheres to the principles of his party. Although repeatedly solicited and eminently qualified to hold office, he has refused all public positions and attends strictly to his chosen occupation. He is an Odd Fellow of many years' standing, having been initiated in Zanesville in 1846, and in 1850 he was instrumental in organizing a lodge at

Rural Dale! He was its first treasurer and served in that capacity for over forty years. In 1874 and 1875 Mr. Trimble represented the district of which his lodge is a part, in the Grand lodge, and he has ever been alive to the interests of his order and whatever pertains to Odd Fellowship. He was an active member of the Sons of Temperance, and at various times .held all the offices of the lodge. He and Mrs. Trimble are members of the Baptist church and he has been clerk in the same for about twenty years. He takes a deep interest in Sunday-school work and is a regular attendant. His brother, Elisha Trimble (deceased) was married in 1839 to Miss Eliza Barr, a native of Ohio, and nine children were born to this union, eight now living: Mrs. Anna Finley, a resident of Muskingum county; Hayes, in Oklahoma; Mrs. Carrie Hall, of Blue Rock township; B. F., in Colorado; John C., in Muskingum county; Mrs. Allie Smith, of Muskingum county; Mrs. Isadore B. Van Meter, of Columbus, Ohio, and Lena also of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Trimble was an old line whig, afterward became a republican and served his county in the legislature from 1858 to 1862. He also held a number of township offices, the most important being trustee and land appraiser. In 1872 he went to North Carolina and there engaged in farming and the real estate business. He died in 1874. His widow is still living and makes her home in Rural Dale. Another brother of our subject's, John Trimble, Jr., was married in 1859 to Miss Sophia White, and became the father of two children - James and John S. He enlisted in 1864 in Company - , One Hundred and Sixtieth regiment, Volunteer infantry, and served until the war closed. He met his death from a fall from a tree in 1866. His widow and sons are now living in Iowa. Our subject's other brother, James Trimble, was born in West Chester, Chester county, Penn., on February 20, 1817, and when but little over a year old was brought by his parents to Muskingum county, Ohio. There his boyhood and youth were passed among such hardships and vicissitudes as are unknown to the present generation. Zanesville was the nearest market. Wild game abounded - deer, turkeys and squirrels were plentiful and wild cats and panthers were too numerous to be pleasant. An occasional bear was seen. Mr. Trimble relates that once, when a considerable distance from home, he and his brother Elisha were chased by a large gray timber wolf that whipped the two fierce dogs accompanying the boys, and followed them nearly home. Educational facilities were limited. Four or five months' subscription school during the winter, that Mr. Trimble could only attend irregularly, was all the time afforded, and he attended the first school taught in Blue Rock township, the teacher being Jesse Johns. When about twenty years of age he entered school at McConnelsville, and there remained about three months. He was married in 1840 to Miss Sarah A. Haworth, a native of Chester county, Penn., born in 1820, and the daughter of John and Susanna (Longshore) Haworth. In 1841 he went to Section 12, and settled on a farm that he had purchased from his father, and there resided for forty-nine years, removing to his present residence in 1890. His marriage resulted in the birth of seven children, five of whom are living: Mary *F., wife of

Benjamin Harlan, of McConnelsville; Angeline K. , wife of George Menefee; Eliza J. (deceased); Annie H. , wife of J. H. Harlan; William H. (deceased); Esther H. , wife of Vincent Reed, and Elmer E. All the children reside in Blue Rock township. Mr. Trimble advocates the principles of the republican party, and has held various township offices, having been supervisor three or four years, trustee from 1846 to 1856, and for seven or eight years was school director. Mr. Trimble is a member of Rural Dale lodge No. 157,1. O. O. F., being initiated about 1852, and was treasurer for ten or twelve years, besides holding various other offices. He was a prominent member of the Sons of Temperance during the time that order was in existence. Mr. and Mrs. Trimble and their children are members of the Baptist church and he is deacon in the same.

Rev. William W. Trout, minister of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hopewell, Ohio, was born in Lancaster, Ohio to Horatio Gates and Ruth Card Trout, natives respectively of the states of Pennsylvania and New York. The paternal grandparents were John W. and Hattie (Purcell) Trout, and the former was born in 1776 and died in 1861 at the age of eighty- four years, while the latter was a daughter of Peter Purcell of Sunbury, Penn. Both the Trouts and Purcells came to America during the early history of this country. Horatio and Ruth Trout became the parents of eight children, six of whom are living at the present time: Randolph (deceased); Sarah Amelia (Davis) in Lancaster; Ella, a teacher in Jacksonville (Illinois) college; Julia Frances, a student in the Philadelphia Medical college; W. W. the subject of this sketch; Mary and Abbie, who are at home. Rev. W. W. Trout was born July 2, 1858, and spent his early life in Lancaster, where he attended the public schools until he was seventeen years of age, at which time he entered the Ohio Western university, from which he graduated in 1881. The three following years he was in business with his father in Lancaster and on the 6th of August, 1884, he was married to Miss Jesse Reece, of Hillsboro, Ohio, a daughter of James and Eliza (McKenney) Reece, the former of whom was born in Highland county in July, 1815, and upon reaching manhood held the position of county auditor and county treasurer three terms. His father David was born in Virginia and moved to Highland county in 1802, while his father, who also bore the name of David, was born on the Brandywine near Philadelphia. Eliza Reece was born March 15, 1839 to Jesse G. and Mary Ann McKenney who were of Welsh decent. The latter was born in Virginia and in 1830 came to Ohio. Her father William was born in Cork, Ireland, but became a resident of America in 1806. Mr. and Mrs. Trout are the parents of two children; Marion, born April 10, 1886, and Horatio Gates, born January 29, 1888. Mr. Trout was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1884, after which he preached for two years, then entered the Boston Theological university, in which institution he remained three years graduating in 1889 and receiving degree of S. T. B. In 1889 he was appointed the pastor of Ashbury circuit, which appointment he is still very satisfactorily tilling. He is not only faithful in the discharge of his pastoral duties, but he is indefatigable in his labors and during his short ministerial career has done much to further the calling he represents. He also received the degree of A. M. from Ohio Wesleyan university in June, 1888.

The subject of this memoir, William H. Thompson has been a resident of Muskingum county, Ohio, in Union township, buying a farm of 160 acres two miles northwest of New Concord. He was born in Guernsey county, this state, June 24, 1841, the youngest of eight children born to William and Sarah (Ansley) Thompson. The father was a son of Matthew and Mary (McKeiver) Thompson. Matthew Thompson was born in Tyrone, Ireland, there married and some of his children were born there. In 1793 they came to the United States, settled in New York state, remained there but a short time when they came to Fayette county, Penn., and here Matthew Thompson followed his trade of a wheelright. By his first marriage he became the father of five children, all lived to maturity: James, David, Joseph, Catharine and Elizabeth. His first wife died and he married the mother of William and reared a family of six children: William (the father of William H., our subject), Jane, Matthew, Mary, Sarah, Andrew (all deceased). The father of this family died in Pennsylvania about 1810, and his wife died in Guernsey county, Ohio, about 1848, having moved here about 1825 and settled on a farm in Monroe township. They were members of the Associate Reformed church and of Scotch-Irish descent. William Thompson was born in February, 1791, in Ireland, and only two years of age when he was brought to this country by his father. His early life was spent on a farm in Fayette county, Penn., and at the age of twenty years he enlisted in the War of 1812 as a private. He received a commonschool education and emigrated to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1825, where he settled on a farm. He resided on this farm and cultivated it until his death in 1880, at the age of ninety years. After coming to Guernsey county he married Sarah Ansley, and this union was blessed with eight children: James (who died in 1862 in Guernsey county. He was a soldier in the late war and died of the effects of a sickness contracted in the army. He was a man of family), Mary J. (who married John Cherry, of Highland township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and died in 1891, leaving four children), Nancy (who married Hamilton Pollack, formerly of Guernsey county and later of Kansas. She died in 1888 leaving two children), Margaret (who died in 1855, unmarried), Elizabeth (who died in 1857, unmarried), John A. (who is living on the old home farm in Guernsey county and was married first to Mary Agnes Neal. They had seven children. After her death he married Agnes Boyd. He is a republican in politics, and a member of the United Presbyteriau church. He does farming and general stockraising and owns a farm of 300 acres. He is a prominent man and has been county commissioner. He and our subject are the only surviving members of the family), William H. (our subject and the youngest of the family), and one son died in infancy. The father was a whig in politics, and later a republican. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church and took an interest in all church and school work, was a very successful farmer and at the time of his death had a good farm of 200 acres. His wife, Sarah (Ansley) Thompson was born in Beaver county, Penn., in 1799, and was the daughter of John and Jane (Beaver) Ansley. Her parents came from Ireland and were of Scotch descent. The father was born in Ireland in 1775 and died in 1831 and the mother was born in Scotland in 1776 and died in 1826. They were the parents of ten children: Sarah (born 1799), Jane (1800), Mary (1803), Thomas (1805), Nancy (1808), John (1810), Amos (1812), Sampson (1815), Myrtilla (1818) and Elizabeth (1820), only one now living, Myrtilla, in Kempton, 111. Mrs. Thompson, the mother of William H. , died in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1878. She had lived here since her marriage and was a lifelong member of the United Presbyterian church. William H. Thompson received his education in the district schools of this county and was reared to farm life. At the age of twenty years he enlisted in the late war in Company H, Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer infantry, as a private and was promoted to sergeant. Some of the principle battles in which he took part were:

Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Ga., Spring Hill, Tenn., Franklin, Teun., and Nashville. He was wounded at his first battle at Stone River and was taken prisoner and confined in Libby prison a part of five months. He was in a number of hard battles and was discharged December, 1865. After the war Mr. Thompson settled in Guernsey county, and here married, in 1866, Mary J. Lee. They were the parents of six children: Frank L., Samuel H., William O., Albert R., Andrew A. and Robert H. Mrs. Thompson was born in Guernsey county in 1888 and was the daughter of Samuel Lee. She was a member of the United Presbyterian church and died in 1878. In 1879 Mr. Thompson married Maggie L. Moore, a native of Perry county, this state, born in 1844, and the daughter of William C. and Jane (Boles) Moore. Her father was a native of Washington county, Penn., but at an early day settled in Jefferson county, Ohio, later in Perry county, and about 1861 moved to Guernsey county, near New Concord, where he died in April, 1881 , at the age of seventy-four years. His wife died, December, 1891, in her eighty second year. They were the parents of nine children, five living: James, Samuel E., John, Mary (deceased), Robert (deceased), Margaret, Robert (deceased), William A., and Jane (deceased). By this marriage Mr. Thompson became the father of three children: Myrtis B., Maggie M. (deceased) and John S. (deceased). Himself and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church of Norwich of which he has been ruling elder for some time. He has held the office of school director of Fox Creek district and is always ready to assist in any work for the benefit of the church and school. He has been a republican in politics, but is now with the prohibition party, in which he is very much interested. He owns a well-improved farm of 160 acres and is engaged in farming and stockraising. His children are all at home, except Frank, who is out West. William C. Moore, the father of Mrs. Thompson, was a son of James Moore, who came from Ireland and settled in Washington county, Penn., about 1800. He married in Ireland and was the father of the following children: Esther, John S.. William C. (father of Mrs. Thompson), Mary, Robert Nancy, and McConkey Moore (who died soon after the late war from effects of campaign life while in the service of his country).

F. M. Townsend, proprietor and owner of Gant Park, is a native of Morgan county, Ohio, born September 21, 1854, and the son of William and Harriet (Burgess) Townsend, both of whom were originally from England. They emigrated from their native country at an early day, and after reaching the United States located first at Pittsburg, Penn., where they were married. From there they subsequently moved to Morgan county, Ohio, and there the mother received her final summons. F. M. Townsend was left motherless when about five years of age, and an elder sister then took charge of the family and reared the younger children. He received his primary education in Morgan county, but completed it in Beverly, Washington county, wherehe remained until sixteen years of age. In 1871 he came to Zanesville and finished his trade, that of a tinner and sheet-iron worker, in 1873, but never followed it. He went with his brother, T. B. , and took charge, as superintendent and general manager, of public contract work through Ohio and Virginia for five years. In the winter of 1878 he began contracting for himself and followed the same until 1886. The last work that he accomplished in this line was ten miles of the Zanesville & Ohio River railroad. He also worked extensively for the P. & W. R. R., the Connotton Valley railroad, now the C., C. & S. R. R., and on railroad and county bridges. In June, 1886, he bought the interest of J. Burgess (his uncle) in the street railway, and took charge of the road in August as its president and superintendent. When he bought the road it was run down, and had scarcely any business. He went to work and fixed it up and soon had it on a paying basis. In 1877 he built two and a half miles of road from Greenwood cemetery to Gant Park and leased the park. He erected a great many buildings and soon was doing a good business. He managed the street railway until October, 1890, made some money out of it, and turned it over in good shape to his successor. In June, 1890, he purchased Gant park, consisting of twenty-two acres, and in September of the same year fifteen acres of the Street Railway company at an enormous outlay, and has since devoted his time in beautifying these grounds. He has put at least $10,000 improvements on the park and is still improving. He also contemplates making a zoological garden out of part of it. He has a base-ball diamond, a race track, and show ground, which is the only available place in the city. Gant Park is the finest natural park in the state of Ohio, and with Mr. Townsend's improvements it is bound to become the most beautiful. It is certainly one of the finest pleasure resorts in the state, and the people of Zanesville appreciate the enterprise of Mr. Townsend. He certainly deserves great credit for his perseverance. He began life for himself at the age fourteen of without a dollar, and since then was compelled to earn his own living. He can now enjoy the fruits of his industry and perseverance. He is a director in the T. B. Townsend Brick company. Mr. Townsend was married in 1888 to Miss Birdie F. Lee,